The successor of the Cosmo Communicator and the third device by Planet Computers has been announced: called Astro Slide 5G Transformer, it's a new take on the clamshell design and can be already funded from its new Indiegogo page:

An Earlybird perk has now been opened, with a discounted price of €491 ($543/£438) instead of €819 ($906/£731). 500 units are available and 291 have already been claimed at the time of writing.As of now, Sailfish OS support has not been yet announced.

You can now post all your thoughts and news about the Astro Slide in our newly opened support forum.

Following the recent Indiegogo update by Planet Computers announcing the production of the first batch of the Cosmo Communicator, the first reviews of the device have started to appear. Others, more in-depth ones will likely follow.

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Four T0 samples of the Cosmo has been now produced and tested on the field, for tweaks that will be included in the next PR1 (production run). The first VoLTE call has been done on the Cosmo. Two videos have been released, demonstrating the Home screen GUI and the external cover display application. An order for the first mass production of the Cosmo Communicator has been also placed.

Compared to the Gemini PDA, this new device has a number of improvements over its predecessor, including:

- An external colour touch screen for call control and notification- An external 24MP camera by default, with zoom and flash capabilities- 6GB of RAM instead of 4, and a larger, 128GB internal memory storage- The keyboard is now backlit- NFC and a fingerprint sensor are integrated- As of now, they have already reached $94,782 out of the $200,000 funding goal.

The long-standing partnership between the two companies means Sailfish 3 – the third generation of the open-source mobile operating system, based on the Linux kernel – is to be made available on the Gemini PDA.

The Gemini PDA is a quad-boot mobile device, capable of booting into Android OS as well as a number of Linux distributions – including Sailfish OS.

Sailfish X, the downloadable and official version of the OS, will be available in late 2018 and will feature a suite of advanced functions including: over-the-air (OTA) updates; Jolla Store access; end-user support; and crucially for Gemini users, full support for landscape user-interface (UI), encrypted user data and communications, Android app support and a refreshed user interface, with improvements like redesigned email.

During the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Jolla has announced the release of Sailfish 3, ” the third generation of its independent mobile operating system, along with new device support for Sony’s Xperia™ XA2, the Gemini PDA, and INOI tablets.”

Planet Computers have published a new update about the status of the Linux support on the Gemini PDA. Among other news, they have announced the opening of two new websites:

- a Support site, which will host the various Linux distros, the partition tool plus official information regarding Gemini support, tutorials, tips and other software downloads:http://support.planetcom.co.uk